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The latest questions and answers, from members following Death in Venice at eNotes.Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:19:37 PSTen-us(a) Throughout the novella Death in Venice there are polarized...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/death-venice-about-artistic-failure-death-470138
(a) Throughout the novella Death in Venice there are polarized dualities, one of which is that of culture. Whereas Gustav von Aschenbach has exhibited Germanic control, discipline, and intellect, when he travels to Venice, he is affected by the lure of the decadent city: Yes, this was Venice, this was the fair frailty that fawned and that betrayed, half fairy-tale, half snare; the city in whose stagnating air the art of painting once put...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/death-venice-about-artistic-failure-death-470138Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:19:37 PSTDeath in Venice is about artistic failure, death, and the inability to...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/death-venice-about-artistic-failure-death-470138
Death in Venice is about artistic failure, death, and the inability to find love or human connection. As the title tells us at the outset, there is no happy ending to this kind of story. Nonetheless, this failure comes about because of certain cultural tensions that cannot be resolved by or for Aschenbach. (a) What are some of the cultural tensions?(b) What makes them peculiar to modernity? (c) Is it significant that the story is set in...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/death-venice-about-artistic-failure-death-470138#1July 25, 2014, 11:35 pm PSTOne could constitute Aschenbach's death as both self-inflicted and...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/aschenbachs-death-self-inflicted-does-he-not-have-341341
One could constitute Aschenbach's death as both self-inflicted and uncontrollable. One could justify that Aschenbach's death was self-inflicted. Given that he makes the choice to stay in the cholera-ridden Venice, one could state that the consequence of staying in Venice (because of his sexual infatuation for Tadzio) led to his death (his getting cholera). Therefore, if he would have left Venice, Aschenbach would not have gotten cholera and he...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/aschenbachs-death-self-inflicted-does-he-not-have-341341Tue, 29 May 2012 22:19:25 PSTIn Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, Gustav von Aschenbach's downfall is...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-causes-aschenbachs-downfall-341342
In Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, Gustav von Aschenbach's downfall is the direct result of his inability to keep his sexuality repressed. Initially, Aschenbach is able to repress his sexual thoughts for Tadzio (convincing himself that he is only attracted to him based upon aesthetics (how he looks). As he gets to know the boy, Aschenbach's feelings become harder to suppress. Eventually, Aschenbach is unable to suppress his sexual feelings for...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-causes-aschenbachs-downfall-341342Tue, 29 May 2012 22:05:08 PSTIn Death in Venice, what causes Aschenbach's downfall?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-causes-aschenbachs-downfall-341342
In Death in Venice, what causes Aschenbach's downfall?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-causes-aschenbachs-downfall-341342#2May 29, 2012, 5:39 pm PSTIn Death in Venice, is Aschenbach's death self-inflicted, or does he not...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/aschenbachs-death-self-inflicted-does-he-not-have-341341
In Death in Venice, is Aschenbach's death self-inflicted, or does he not have any control?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/aschenbachs-death-self-inflicted-does-he-not-have-341341#3May 29, 2012, 5:37 pm PSTFirt, let us dispose with the Manichean fallacy: he died of a heart...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/does-aschenbach-die-love-does-he-die-lust-315798
Firt, let us dispose with the Manichean fallacy: he died of a heart attack or some physical cause -- after all, he vacationed in the south of Italy for his health (note: Mann often used the north-south duality to stand for the duality of reason and passion, for example the name "Tonio Kroger," the Italian, warm half and the Germanic, cold half). In "Death in Venice" his rational self battles with his emotional (lustful or romantic) self when...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/does-aschenbach-die-love-does-he-die-lust-315798Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:31:12 PSTDoes Aschenbach die for love, or does he die for lust?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/does-aschenbach-die-love-does-he-die-lust-315798
Does Aschenbach die for love, or does he die for lust?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/does-aschenbach-die-love-does-he-die-lust-315798#4February 18, 2012, 4:31 am PSTI think it is quite self-evident if you read the text carefully that the...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/death-venice-does-anchenbach-dies-love-does-he-244353
I think it is quite self-evident if you read the text carefully that the passion that von Aschenbach has for the Polish boy Tadzio is based on lust rather than love. Clearly the feelings that von Aschenbach has for Tadzio are not based on self-sacrificing love. Consider the following example, when von Aschenbach follows Tadzio and his sisters as they take a gondola: Leaning back among soft, black cushions, he swayed gently in teh wake of the...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/death-venice-does-anchenbach-dies-love-does-he-244353Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:16:39 PSTIn Death in Venice, does von Aschenbach die for love or does he die for...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/death-venice-does-anchenbach-dies-love-does-he-244353
In Death in Venice, does von Aschenbach die for love or does he die for lust?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/death-venice-does-anchenbach-dies-love-does-he-244353#5February 14, 2011, 9:15 am PSTOne of the central themes of this excellent short story is the way in...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-death-venice-set-venice-what-ways-this-setting-244143
One of the central themes of this excellent short story is the way in which pursuing eroticism, as symbolised in the figure of Tadzio, and relinquishing restraint and reason, can lead to death. Note how von Aschenbach for example deliberately chooses to stay in the city in spite of the cholare epidemic and the threat of death. Throughout the story, a relationship between eroticism and death is created, and this is supported by the setting....http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-death-venice-set-venice-what-ways-this-setting-244143Mon, 14 Feb 2011 06:33:34 PSTWhy is "Death in Venice" set in Venice?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-death-venice-set-venice-what-ways-this-setting-244143
Why is "Death in Venice" set in Venice?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-death-venice-set-venice-what-ways-this-setting-244143#6February 13, 2011, 9:08 am PSTThe artist Aschenbach, in Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, has worked very...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-was-aschenbach-considered-an-artist-who-has-110457
The artist Aschenbach, in Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, has worked very hard to attain the credentials of a successful author, one who is respected and whose books are well received. In doing so, he has over time constructed for himself a solitary, emotionaless existence devoted to the discipline of his art. For Aschenbach, the beauty of art is its form, which is realized through discipline. This one-sided, rational, unemotional construct of...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-was-aschenbach-considered-an-artist-who-has-110457Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:54:42 PSTWhy was Aschenbach considered an artist who has sacrificed his emotional...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-was-aschenbach-considered-an-artist-who-has-110457
Why was Aschenbach considered an artist who has sacrificed his emotional life and distanced himself from the sensous world in Death in Venice?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-was-aschenbach-considered-an-artist-who-has-110457#7October 26, 2009, 7:11 am PSTWhen von Aschenbach sees the strange, young, foreign-looking man, there...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-signifigance-man-norfolk-suit-straw-hat-start-74435
When von Aschenbach sees the strange, young, foreign-looking man, there is a change that comes over him which makes him want to travel. This was not Aschenbach's normal custom, for he usually only left Munich for his health, not for pleasure. The decision proved to be a fatal one, for it leads to Aschenbach's death. He was brought back to reality by the sight of a man standing in the portico, above the two apocalyptic beasts that guarded...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-signifigance-man-norfolk-suit-straw-hat-start-74435Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:51:01 PST